The city is soliciting bids for a $400,000 project to replace wooden planks along the boardwalk in 2018 and 2019.

City Manager Michael Capabianco said the city replaces boardwalk planks each year and that the planks are expected to last between 3 and 7 years, depending on weather and traffic.

He said the work would take place during the day and is not expected to cause major closures on the boardwalk, which sees hundreds of thousands of visitors per year.

Proposals for the contract are due Thursday at 10:30 a.m. to the city manager's office. The wooden planks aren't the only thing getting renovated at the boardwalk in the coming months.

In a separate project, Asbury Park Boardwalk developer Madison Marquette is launching new designs for the Fourth Avenue Pavilion and Fifth Avenue Pavilions, which you can see in the video above this story.

Plans include adding commercial space, new restaurant offerings and "reimagined versions of existing retailers," according to Adam Nelson, a spokesman for Madison Marquette.

The Fourth Avenue Pavilion, containing almost 30,000 square feet of rentable space, will get new commercial office space on its second floor. It will be the first of its kind on the boardwalk. It will also get a rooftop deck with ocean views.